There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We’re on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose – Connecting People, Uniting the World – is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we’re growing – in the years ahead, we’ll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world?

Our Marketing and Loyalty team is the strategic force behind United’s industry-leading brand and experience, supporting revenue growth by turning customers into lifelong United flyers. Our marketing communications, market research and brand teams drive travelers’ familiarity and engagement with the United brand. Our product, design and service teams bring the signature United brand to life in our clubs and onboard our aircraft, ensuring a seamless, premier experience. And when customers choose United again and again, that’s because the loyalty team has been hard at work crafting an award-winning program. Our loyalty team manages United MileagePlus®, building travel and lifestyle partnerships that customers can engage with every day, and works with our Star Alliance partners to ensure United can take you anywhere you want to go.

United Airlines is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to join us and help build the worlds first traveler media network as part of our recently announced media network, Kinective Media. The Lead Data Engineer will design, implement, and manage end-to-end data pipeline architectures, ensuring data quality and accuracy in the data warehouse. They will collaborate with business stakeholders to understand and translate requirements into technical solutions while mentoring and guiding junior team members. Additionally, they will oversee data validation and data cleansing processes to maintain high data integrity and reliability in the reporting warehouse.

• Design, implement, and oversee the end-to-end data pipeline architecture, ensuring robust data ingestion, processing, and integration that supports business objectives and maintains operational efficiency
• Utilize expertise in data warehousing technologies to optimize and manage data storage, retrieval, and organization, ensuring that the data warehouse supports accurate and efficient reporting and analytics
• Develop and enforce data quality frameworks and validation procedures to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of data within the data warehouse and throughout the data lifecycle
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to accurately translate business requirements into technical solutions, ensuring that data engineering efforts align with organizational goals and deliver actionable insights
• Provide leadership and mentorship to junior data engineers, guiding their professional development, fostering a collaborative team environment, and ensuring high performance and growth within the team
• Apply advanced programming skills in languages such as Python or SQL for querying and managing data, contributing to efficient and effective data processing and analysis

United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the “desired” qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL of those boxes! We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table!

• Bachelors degree in Computer Sciences Or Computer Engineering Or Data Analytics Or Data Science Or related field
• 5+ years of related experience
• ETL Tools and Technologies: Talend, Informatica, SSIS, AWS Glue, Google Cloud Dataflow
• Data Transformation: Data cleansing, enrichment, aggregation, scripting (Python, SQL)
• Data Integration: Data pipeline orchestration, scheduling tools (Apache Airflow, Luigi)
• AWS Services: S3, Lambda, Glue, IAM
• Data Modeling: Schema design, data warehousing
• SQL: Advanced querying and manipulation
• Programming: Python
• Amazon Redshift: Cluster setup, management, optimization, query writing
• Data Migration: Data migration strategies and tools for Redshift
• Apache Spark: Spark SQL, DataFrames, RDDs
• Integration and APIs: Databricks APIs, integration with AWS services
• Cloud Architecture: Scalability, security, cost management
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

• Masters degree
• Experience with Advertising Technology or AdTech (optional)

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact JobAccommodationsunited.com to request accommodation.